Form for shaping ties



March 5,1929. Q DRAMIg 1,704,081 I FORM FOR SHAPING TIES Filsci Feb. 9, 192"? a his:

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Patented Mar. 5, 1929 warren mean isr orrics.

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FGRM FOR SHAPING.- IIES.

Application filed February 9, 192?. Serial 110. 166,834.

terial, such as sheet metal, that was made 1011 gitudinally tapering in width, said form being adapted to be inserted within a necktie so as to distend and shape the latteiz- As heretofore constructed, this form wasmade to consist of a single piece oil. sheetmaterial about twenty or twenty-two inches long and, consequently, it was amatter of some inconvenience to store or transport the same. Therefore, by my present invention 1 have produced a form for shaping necktics consisting of sections or members connected together so that they are movable relatively whereby they may be adjusted so to occupy eithera distended end to end relationship or a collapsed relationship where the members are disposed side by side. In the best :form of my invention two sections or members are providedof approximately the same length so that when the device isin collapsed condition it occupies approximately one-half of the space that it occupies when in extended condition.

Other features of my invention are hereinafter pointed out.

In the accompanying; drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a form for. use in shaping necktics that is constructed in ac cord-ance with my invention.

l igure 2 is a section on line 2-4 of Fig. '1.

Figure 3 is a section on line of Fig. 1.

l io'ure 4- is an elevation of another form of my invention.

Figure 5 is a section on. line'5-5 of Fig. t.

Figure 6 illustrates a third term of my invention.

Figure 7 is asection on line 77 of F ig. 6.

As shown in Figure 1 my improved form comprises two half members 1 and 2 made from sheet metal or other appropriately stiff sheet material and each of these members is made tapering in width longitudinally. The member 2 which constitutes the butt member of the structure has its narrower end loosely pivoted by a rivet 3 to the wider end of the member 1 which constitutes the tip member of the structure thus allowing the tip member to be swung on the rivet 3 so as to occupy either a position alongside the butt member 2,

as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, or so as to occupy the extended full line' position ber where the two members are in alignment approximately end. to .end.- As shownin the enawingsthe end portions of the two members 1 and 2,;vh1ch are Joined by the pivotal rivet 3,,are of substantially the same width and from this joint the member 1 narrows IVES free end while gradually in width tow: ii t 1e incni e1 4, llli\f-.ib(35 eradaunlv in width toward tree end. "Thus the butt or outer I vcly wide and said end oi' the-term is rela term tapers progressively, more orless uniformly, toward the free end or the meme In order to hold the two members 1 andQ in extended relationship the'inner side of the member 1 where it laps over upon the member 52 is made with rounded bosses 4 whicn, when the two members are in extended rel ationslnp, occupy'holes or recesses 5 provided in the adjacent portion or". the member 2. By graspin the two members 1 and 2, one in one hand and the other in the other, the bosses 4 can be swung into and out of the holes ,l Vhen they occupy the holes 5 they serve toyielding, 1y, yet securely, holdthe two members against accidental pivotal displacement on the axis of the rivet 3. It will alsobe clear that when the tip member 1 is swung down into position alongside of the butt member 2, the bosses 4 will again spring into the holes 5 and lock the two members in that position.

In the form of my invention, shown in Fig. 4, the butt and tip members l and are connected together by a transverse hinge joint including; a'j-pintle 51 and eyes (:3 and 7 provided at the abutting ends of the two members it and 2. With this term oi my inventionthe two members are folded together or apart by swinging movement on a transverse axis, that is, an axis parallel with the planeot the two sheet metal members, whereas in the form shown in Fig. 1, the two members move relatively on an axis at right angles to the plane or". the latter.

Thetorm of my invention illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 includes a stud 8 constituting a rigid part of the tip member 1", said stud occupying a slot 9 extending longitudinally of the butt member 2" and being held therein by a head 10 provided at the outer end of said site ends thereo'i to lock the two members in extended and collapsed relationship, said bosses ispringing into and out of the holes 5 When the two members are forcibly moved cndWise relatively to the limits of slot 9.

To use the above described device the two members are placed in extended relationship after which the smaller end of the form is inserted into the tubular necktie and the form shoved into the latter as far as it will go; Yli? the tie is left in this posit-ion on the term for a length of time its Wrinkles will become obliterated and this ironing eii ect may be hastened by .1 htly dampening the tie after placing it upon the form, or by ironing it.

What I claim is: 1. L tapered lorm 'l'or use in shaping-necktics, said form being oi thin sheet material port for a tie While it is being; shaped, said meml'iers normally being approxin'iately end to end, a stud projecting "from one member into an opening in the other, said stud uniting said members to permit them to be moved relatively until one member is superposed on the other, one of said members having a socket at each side 01'' the stud, and the other member having a pair of projections cooperable with said sockets whereby releasahly to lock the members against relative move-- ment.

2. A tapered form for use in shaping neckties, sa'id' form bein of thin sheetmaterial and comprising two elongatemembers each having smooth fiat surface for supporting the A form for in shaping; 11""lQtiOSJf-"z1itl' form being of thin sheet material and taperincj in Width from one end toward the oppoend, said term coniprising two eioi'igate members which are normally istantially aligned, one 0t said members being: movable to a position Where it overlies the other, a

stud. projecting i i-on'i one ot said mmnbcrs i'i'itoa-n opei'iing in the other for uniting them, and means for rclcasahly locking said mcm hers in either of too relativepositions.

l. A form for use in shaping neclttiies, said form being o't thin sheet material having smooth and rigid surface, said fornicoi'npl 'sing two elongate members which are nor mally substantially aligned, the members overlapping at their adjacent ends, a stud connecting said members to pern'iit them to be moved relatively until one verlies the other, and a projection on one oi! said members engageable Wi l'h a socket in the other for releasahly locking them intheir normal substantially aligned position.

Signed by me at Boston, county of Sulfolk and be to of ltlassachusett s, this 1st day of February, 1927. y

COSMO DRAZllHS. 

